American Actors
It's amazing. The film capitol of the world, Hollywood is able to turn out movies that make hundreds of millions in a weekend. The American movie market is one of the most successful business models in the world. Yet that actors who make the movies that draw the world to the screens for the most part live lives of near poverty is a shame. Aside from our movie stars in this country, most actors live double lives. They take acting jobs where they can find them and also have day jobs to keep them gainfully employed to offer support to their families.
What a strange situation this is. England supports it's actors. Canada for gods sake, supports its actors. India, supports its actors.
Yes, we pay our actors thousands for national commercials, and the unions of SAG and AFTRA have taken care to make sure that when actors work in electronic media that they are well paid. Actors Equity takes care of our stage actors. But as far as keeping our acting artists in situations where they can contribute to their art, this country turns it's back. America, a country that has billions for war and the bailing out of badly managed mortgage companies could care less about its actors.
And it's not that the ability to tell stories on film or in the electronic media is a fading art. It isn't. It continues to be a very successful art form.
It really is very hard to understand why this country is not able or will not support the acting community.
Yes, it's the American way to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and find your own way to success. Many of us have, despite the odds. But the acting community is a strange animal. There is no set university or business model to see dreams come true, stories told and art created. It is at best a crap shoot that all actors and writers and to a certain extent technicians in the performing arts are asked to endure.
If you read this, I certainly would love to hear from you at stoneyrichards.net
What do you think about all this? It's time to start a worldwide dialogue, don't you think?
What a strange situation this is. England supports it's actors. Canada for gods sake, supports its actors. India, supports its actors.
Yes, we pay our actors thousands for national commercials, and the unions of SAG and AFTRA have taken care to make sure that when actors work in electronic media that they are well paid. Actors Equity takes care of our stage actors. But as far as keeping our acting artists in situations where they can contribute to their art, this country turns it's back. America, a country that has billions for war and the bailing out of badly managed mortgage companies could care less about its actors.
And it's not that the ability to tell stories on film or in the electronic media is a fading art. It isn't. It continues to be a very successful art form.
It really is very hard to understand why this country is not able or will not support the acting community.
Yes, it's the American way to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and find your own way to success. Many of us have, despite the odds. But the acting community is a strange animal. There is no set university or business model to see dreams come true, stories told and art created. It is at best a crap shoot that all actors and writers and to a certain extent technicians in the performing arts are asked to endure.
If you read this, I certainly would love to hear from you at stoneyrichards.net
What do you think about all this? It's time to start a worldwide dialogue, don't you think?
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